Verse 1
Generator rumble shaking up the shop floor
Yellow bus idling right outside the club door
Hot exhaust, salt mist sticking to my skin tight
Ankles roll, sneakers grip, moving in the red light
Subwoofer kick like an engine in my ribcage
Shadow on the concrete turning to a new page
Wrist flick, neck snap, timing every backbeat
Body catch the current rising off the black street (street)
Pre-Chorus
Hear that engine turn (turn)
Feel that diesel burn (burn)
Asphalt starts to shake
Ain't no break we take
Chorus
Lagos nights never sleep, we keep moving
Bass in the belly and the pulse keep proving
From the island to the mainland, heel to the toe
Lagos nights never sleep, watch the rhythm go
Verse 2
Tire iron rhythm drumming on a steel rim
Neon tube buzzing through the humid air dim
Braids swing heavy like a pendulum of dark thread
Every step a testament to everything unsaid
Sweat map running on the border of my collarbone
Two feet talking to a city made of loud stone
Sirens in the distance singing in a sharp key
Traffic stop moving just to let the groove be (be)
Pre-Chorus
Hear that engine turn (turn)
Feel that diesel burn (burn)
Asphalt starts to shake
Ain't no break we take
Chorus
Lagos nights never sleep, we keep moving
Bass in the belly and the pulse keep proving
From the island to the mainland, heel to the toe
Lagos nights never sleep, watch the rhythm go
Bridge
No rest, just the drum in the bone marrow
Wide road running till the alleys get narrow
Sky turn purple but the speakers don't quit
Ground gives way where the heavy soles hit
Chorus
Lagos nights never sleep, we keep moving
Bass in the belly and the pulse keep proving
From the island to the mainland, heel to the toe
Lagos nights never sleep, watch the rhythm go
